For the first time in nearly a quarter of a century, a minister from a congregation in the Republic of Ireland will become Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI). Rev Dr Sam Mawhinney, ...
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has issued an urgent call for churchgoers and people of faiths to become blood donors, especially those from ethnic minority backgrounds. Donors of Black heritage are urgent...
Churches are stepping in to provide shelter and supplies after two huge earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria, leaving thousands dead. The death toll has passed 5,000 and is expected to rise...
The Church of England has acquired a 3.6 per cent stake in Charity Bank, after making an equity investment of over £1 million via its social impact arm. The £1.1million investmen...
Bishops in the Church of England have been discussing human composting, and any potential theological reasons against the process. The alternative method of burial would save spaces in graveyards, but...
All Souls Church London is pausing its payments to the diocese until a decision is made on the same-sex blessings debate. In a letter to the Bishop of London, the church challenged...
A church in Kent is looking for an artist to design a new reliquary to house the remains of England’s earliest saint. The owner of the remains – St Eanswythe – was discovered almost ...
A woman who was arrested for “silently praying” outside an abortion clinic in Birmingham has had her charges dropped. Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was arrested and charged last December after bei...
It’s a week since a video was released showing the brutal killing of a young black man at the hands of police in the United States. 29 year old Tyre Nichols died three days after being beaten an...
Three Christian development agencies have urged the UK Government to commit to financing a peace process in South Sudan. The leaders of Christian Aid, CAFOD and Tearfund have written a joint open...
Christian Aid has expressed its disgust over Shell reporting record-breaking annual profits. The oil and energy giant delivered a record $40bn (£32.2bn) profit in 2022. It capped a tumultuous ye...
Rt Revd David Urquhart has been announced as the new bishop to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. Bishop David will take over from Bishop Emma Ineson following her appointment as the Bishop of Ke...
Lambeth Palace has hit back after the Guardian newspaper said the Archbishop of Canterbury told MPs he would rather see the Church of England lose its privileged status as the establish...
A Christian mum - who says her four-year-old son was forced to participate in a gay pride event against her wishes - had her legal case heard on Wednesday. Izzy Montague filed a complaint after ...
A church in Winchester has opened its doors for students to spend the day there as schools closed due to strike action in England and Wales. Wednesday was the biggest day of walkouts in more than a de...
A Church of England bishop has reported a lay member of the General Synod for alleged “hate crime.” The Bishop of Coventry, Rt Rev Dr Christopher Cocksworth reported Sam Margrave, 40...
About 85 per cent of schools in England and Wales are being affected by strike action today (Wednesday) – with many schools either fully or partially closed in the latest round of industrial act...
The Diocese of Canterbury has been the victim of considerable backlash on Twitter after announcing the consecration of the new flying bishops would not be livestreamed, despite citing Lambeth Palace a...
A man who’s bought a disused church and renovated it into a gym has banned customers from swearing. 41-year-old Joe Newbold bought Culmstock Methodist Church in Devon for £93,000 and trans...
A report by a former bishop of Liverpool has prompted a “profound apology” from police forces involved in the Hillsborough disaster. Published in 2017, the report hoped to ensure families ...
